This need is not only for a product targeted at migrants who are spending some time in the UK. We intend that it will be used by British citizens who, perhaps, find it as a bolt-on facility on their county council or town council website. It is designed to be easily navigated as a resource which might:

• Save pressure on local council switchboards in respect of providing information
• Reduce queues in local government offices including those of JobCentre Plus
• Prevent able workers from taking days off to sort out problems – obviously lost time is not in the interests of employers and loses taxable revenue
• Reduce the incidence of accidents through, for example, carbon monoxide poisoning caused by unchecked gas-fired facilities in rented accommodation
• Reduce law-breaking through, for example, drink-driving
• Reduce environmental damage through, for example, fly-tipping and dumping oil
• Reduce tax-avoidance
• Reduce the exploitation of foreigners
• Improve integration within communities, and thereby reduce the risks of strife
• Reduce the costs of providing policing as well as other emergency services
• Reduce the costs of providing court services, interpreters, legal aid and other expenses arising from unsatisfactory integration
• Raise taxable revenue
• Allow visitors and citizens alike to make the best of the UK in all respects – so this would, for example, encourage volunteering in line with the Big Society